“I felt like I should’ve died. My deployment to Afghanistan was nothing short of grueling. The constant danger and uncertainty in that war-torn land made it feel like death was always just around the corner. Every day, I witnessed people, both friends and strangers, succumbing to the harsh realities of war. It was a time when survival itself felt like a miraculous feat, and I couldn’t help but wonder why I was spared when so many others weren’t. Some of the events from my book did happen to me while in the country. Those memories live in my mind like a dream one constantly has that they can’t escape. The bombs, bullets, and constant state of terror were something many of us had to live with each day. Still, we faced it head-on and didn’t let the shadows in our minds steal our focus on coming home alive.”

JF Hilley

Don't miss your chance to immerse yourself in this captivating tale of Staff Sergeant Alexandra Foster. A small-town girl who enlists in the Air Force right after high school to get away from her abusive father. She spends many years working and focusing on her military career when an opportunity to go on a one-year deployment to Afghanistan falls in her lap.

She arrives to find herself in a war-torn country where the people are struggling to survive. She meets her team and Sergeant Liam Anderson who she falls for right off the bat. Her mission with Captain Marcs is a struggle however, she has two seasoned trainers helping her get ready to face a man that is going around the country raping and murdering women and little girls. His nickname is The Shadow, and it’s up to Alex to bring this man down. Will she be able to kill the man responsible for countless deaths, or will she succumb to her own shadows?

In book 2, The Shadows Return, a year has passed since Staff Sergeant Alexandra Foster returned from her deployment in Kabul, Afghanistan, but the memories of her time there still haunt her. She's tried to push aside the horrors she endured, yet the nightmares persist. On the nights when she wakes up screaming, Liam is there to comfort her, helping her cope with the trauma of facing the infamous Shadow and his men. Though she completed her mission and defeated them, her mind remains at war with the lingering darkness. Just as Alex starts to feel grounded and regain her sense of normalcy, a high-ranking official arrives with a new, dangerous assignment. The mission takes her back to the same region she barely escaped from unscathed. This time, the threat is different: Sayid, the father of the Shadow, knows who killed his son and is out for revenge. Now, Alex must decide whether to engage in a deadly cat-and-mouse game with one of the most dangerous men in the country or risk falling into the hands of her enemies.

Get your copy of The Killing of a Shadow and its sequel, The Shadows Return and prepare for Alex’s journey out of the shadows.

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